Recoil of a boltgun

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**lion_el_johnson**

Melissia wrote:So here goes, finally found a source, while going through Dark Heresy's stuff to add something new to a roleplay.

From the Inquisitor's Handbook, page 173:

"Indeed a human trying to fire such a weapon [Astartes Bolt weapon of some sort) would likely suffer recoil of such strength that it would rip their arm out of their sockets."

I believe that they were talking about Godwyn ( and Stalker) pattern bolters, there are lower power bolters in existence which are used by officers frequently...